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1882 117 8x11"p. Wit Numerous Illustrations By Author & Two Full Color Plates. An Extremely Rare & Important Work on the Meaning & Symbolism of Masonic Astronomy. This is a Serious Work Considering Important Questions in Celestial Mechanics & Masonic Symbolism, with Clear & Technical Explanations, not a bunch of indecipherable gibberish. Contents: Ancient Mysteries Described; A Chapter of Astronomical Facts; What the Ancients Knew about Astronomy; Masonic Astronomy; Astronomical Allegory of the Death and Resurrection of the Sun; An Astronomical Explanation of the Emblems, Symbols, & Legends of the Mysteries, both Ancient and Modern, & the Lost Meaning of Many of them Restored.

The Lost Solar System Of The Ancients Discovered, 2 VolumesJohn Wilson

1856 Volume I 486p. Volume II, 475p. Appendix On Obelisks, 1858, 26p. One of the Most Fundamental & Important Works on Ancient Cosmology, Astronomy, Geometry & The Canon ever Written. There Are Subjects Breeched in this Work which are Untouched by Any Authors in the 150 Years Since It Was Written. Schwaller's Temple Of Man is the First Work to Reveal some of the Secrets Developed in this Work. Discusses Obelisks as Calculators of Gravitational Effects, The System of Number Series & Sequence as Ordering Process of the Universe. Baumring Took his Hyperbolic Series & Series Summed Ideas from this Almost Unknown Masterpiece. Filled with Figures & Calculations taken for the Analysis of the Architectural Coding of the Cosmological Systems of the Ancients. Contents: Volume I: Gravitation Near Earth's Surface; Construction of Obelisk; Variation of Time Velocity & Distance Represented by the Ordinates & Axis of Obelisk; Obeliscal & Parabolic Areas Compared; Construction & Summation of Obeliscal Series of Numbers, Squares & Cubes; Series of Obelisks & Pyramids Compared & Summed; Series to Second, Fourth & Sixth Powers; Series of Cubes Circumscribed by Squares; Obelisk Star or Cross; Complementary Obeliscal Series; Pylonic Curve Generated by the Ordinate which Varies Inversely as the Ordinate of the Obelisk; Horn of Jupiter Ammon Formed by Spiral Obelisk; Hyperbolic Series Defined & Calculated; Hyperbolic Reciprocal Curve From Which is Generated the Pyramid & Hyperbolic Solid, Calculations, Equations, Series & Variation Factors; Hyperbolic Solid Represents force of Gravity & Velocity Over Time; Gravity Represented Symbolically in Hieroglyphs by Hyperbolic Solid; Obelisk Represents Planetary Distances, Velocities, Periodic Times, Areas Described in Equal Times; Times Describing Equal Areas & Equal Distances in Different Orbits Having common Center in Apex of Obelisk; Attributes of Osiris Symbolize Eternity. Tower of Belus & Circumference of Earth; Cube of Side or Enclosure; Equivalent of Stade, Orgye, Cubit, Foot 7 Palm of Herodotus in Terms of Earth's Circumference & Stature of Man; Dimensions of Obelisks, Ships & Artificial Lakes in Relation to Earth; Pyramid of Cheops; Measurements & Dimensions & Relationships; Winged Globe Denotes the Third Power of Cube; Distance of Moon; Three Winged Globes the Power of 3 Times 3, the 9th Power, or the Cube Cubed; First Pyramids Erected by Sabaeans; Age of Pyramid; All Science Centered In Hierarchy; Relative Magnitude of Sun, Moon & Planets; Duplication of Cube; Cube of Hypotenuse in Terms of Cube of Sides; 47th Problem of Euclid; Difference Between 2 Cubes; Squares Described on 2 Sides of Triangles Having Common Hypotenuse; Pear-Like Curve; Shields of Kings of Egypt Traced Back to Fourth Manethonic Dynasty; Librarians of Ramses Minimum; Division of Time; Sources of Nile; Pyramid of Cephrens Measurements; Correlations; Significance; Pyramids of Egypt & Mexico & Bermese Pagodas Were Temples Symbolical of the Laws of Gravitation & Dedicated to Creator; Proportions of 3 Pyramids; American Pyramids; Silbury Hill; Avebury; Xochicalo; Teocalli of Peru; Ruins of Aztec City; Babylonian Broad Arrow; Druidical Remains; Stonehenge; Assyrian Mound at Nineveh; Thebes; Quito; Lydia; Sardis; Java; Rome; Parthenon; Brahmanical Temples; Babylon; Ceylon; Numerous Examples of Temples from Every Known Ancient Civilization With Detailed Calculations & Decoding of Symbolism For Each; Original Burmese Pagodas Were in Hyperbolic Form; Sacred Boat or Ship; Astrologers; Buddhism; Ancient Cities of Yucatan; Mayan Temples; Palenque; Druids; Nubian Pyramids; Temples In Lower Egypt; Intercourse Between Hemispheres; The Compass; Kashmir; Planetary distances Represented by Cube, cylinder, Sphere, Pyramid, & Cone, in Terms of the Circumference of Earth & Distance of Moon from Earth; Also by 9th Root of Their Distances; Distances of Planets Represented By Spheres & Balls of Thread; Distance of Fixed Stars; Magnitute of Planets; Periodic Time of Belus 432 Years; the Yugas; Worship of Jupiter Once Universal; Periodic Time of Ninus 1200 Years; Antideluvian Kings & Patriarchs; Reign of Gods & Men In Egypt; Karna = Circum of Earth; Titans; Chaldea; Cube of Nineveh = Distance of Ninus; Zoroaster, Pythagoras & Plato; Eleusinian Mysteries; Brahmins, Buddhists, Jains & Seiks; Babylonian Mythology & Correspondences; Walls, Bridges; Mounds; Passages; Tunnels; Lakes; Towers; Cities; Canals; Railways; Etc. Of Every Time & Civilization All Analyzed, Decoded, Measured & Defined Exhaustively! Appendix: On Obelisks, Their Various Types and Dimensions & Calculations. A Masterpiece! Highly Recommended!

Baumring Selection in Natural Science, Including Master Key To the Solar System; Circulation of Energy. Contents: Our Universe of Death; Our Universe of Life; Basis of New Science; Revolution in Modern Physics; Monochromatic Vision; Testing of Monochromatic Vision; Discovery of New Planets; Master Key of the Solar System; Factors of the Master Key; Circulation of Energy; In Conclusion

1938 64p. One of Baumring's Favorite & Most Often Referred to Books on the Order of the Solar System, Time Cycles & Natural Science. Includes: Kepler's 2nd & 3rd Laws; Newton's Law of Gravitation Equations; Planet Distances; Relation of Planet Distance to Chemical Behavior; Square of the Integer & Periodic Law. Extremely Important Work, Non-Traditional With Important Revelations!

1891 182 A Selection of Dr. Baumring's Giving Popular Exposition Of The Great Discoveries & Theories Of Modern Astronomy & Including The Septiform System Of The Cosmos by Alec Stuart, as a Correlative Addition. Contents: Problem of the Heavens; Discovery in Primitive Ages; Theories of Explanation of Heavenly Bodies; Great Laws of Motion & Gravitation; Universal Gravitation Applied to Solar System; Stability of Planetary System; Discovery of New Planets; Cometary Worlds; Scale On Which Universe Is Built; Motions & Revolutions of Fixed Stars;

1998 186p. An Interesting Title By An Associate Of The Sacred Science Institute, Presenting A System For Psychologically Reading Or Evaluating People Through Observation Of Physiological & Psychologically Interactive Behavior Characteristics. This System Is Based Upon Principles Developed By The Famous Mystical Cosmologist, G. I. Gurdjieff, And Essentially Allows One To Learn A Quantity Of Information As Sophisticated As An Astrological Reading, Merely Through Observation Of Physical & Behavioral Characteristics. Such Systems Have Always Been Used In Esoteric Orders To Allow An Added Advantage Of Psychological Insight Into Those With Whom They Dealt. This Knowledge Is Called Foundation Knowledge, Revealing The Core Or Foundation Of All Knowledge Which Manifests Through The Law Of Correspondences In All Phenomena. A Valuable Work Meant For Application. Contents: Origins Of Foundation Knowledge; Body Type: Attraction & Repulsion; Alchemy: Keeping Peace Within Your Environment; Chief Feature: Diminishing Fear; Center Of Focus: Spending Your Energy; Essence: What You Can't Change. Charts, Tables & Diagrams Of Correspondences.

1869 85p., 1877, 90p. These Are Two Extremely Rare & Important Works By The Author Of Key To The Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery In The Source Of MeasuresSaid By Robert Lawlor To Be The Most Esoteric Book In The Secret Doctrine Series. These Works As Introductory & Explanatory Of Skinners Work. Part I: "The Following Essay Embodies An Attempt To Show That Planetary Movement Can Not Be Perfected By The Theory Of Gravitation As Received. Planetary Movements Are Caused By The Effect Of Force On Matter, Not Inherent In Matter:& Further, That The One Primal Force On Which Planetary Movement Depends, Modified By Special Effects Upon Substances Differing In Kind, In Arrangement, And In Position, Is That Which, Under The Modified Conditions, Is Called By The Various Names Of Force, As Of Attraction & Repulsion, Cold & Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, Weight, Etc.- In Other Words, It Is Thought That Differences Of Forces By Name Should Be Taken As Being Expressions Of Differences In Manifestation Of A Same Force, But Not Of Specific Differences Of Forces;- The Differences As To Manifestation Arising From Peculiarities Of Matter On Which The One Force Acts." Detailed Dissertation With Geometric Theorems & Proofs. Part II: This Work Is A More Concise Summary Of The Conclusions & Theories Developed In "Source Of Measures" Presenting The "Development Of Numbers As Answering To Geometrical Analyses Of Shapes, To An Extent Of Exhibition That Proves The Source Of These Number Relations To Exist In Nature, And The Issuances Therefrom (As Shown)To Be The Development Of A Natural Creative System, Or More Reverentially, A Divine Creative System, Which To The Extent Presented, It Is Exact, And Ample To Indicate Basis Of The Complete System. Contents: Geometry; Conics; Diagonals Of Square; Measure Of Circle; The Measures Of The Nations & Their Origin; Turin & Nilometer Cubit Measures; Ansated Cross Of Egyptians; Architectural Details & Specification S Of Great Pyramid Of Egypt, As Derived From These Measures; Ark Of Covenant; Demonstration Of Essential Error In The Legendre Or Playfair Method Of Rectification Of The Curve Of The Circle; Astronomical Use Of The Form; Natural Measure; Polar Diameter; Parker's Methods; Mean Solar Year; Parallax; Quadrature Of Circle; Newton & Kepler's Laws; General Law Of Interplanetary Distances; Biblical Matters.

1835 “Containing A Few Simple Rules By Which The Great Difficulties To Be Encountered In This Branch Of Mathematics Are Effectually Obviated. Contents: Primum Mobile; Ancient Astronomy; Simple Theorems Of Spherical Trigonometry; Right-Angled Spherical Trigonometry; Pentagram Star Comprised Of 3 Triangles; Simple Formula For Solving All Problems Of Spherical Trig.; Solutions Of Right Triangles; 47th Problem Of Euclid; Pythagorean Theorem; Spherical Triangles; Of Oblique-Angled Spherical Triangle Trigonometry; Correlating The Pentagram Formula To The Fingers Of The Hand. Pentagonal Symmetries; An Important Work Showing A Correlative System Of Sacred Geometric Symbolism And Its Relations To Mathematics & Astronomy.

80p. A Baumring Favorite “producing evidence that the planets do, when in certain arrangements, cause changes in the particular solar radiations that are associated with magnetic storms in the atmosphere of the earth.” Nelson was employed by RCA to study sunspots in order to forecast magnetic storms which would disrupt shortwave radio communications. Nelson discovered that some natural forces besides sunspots were in some way involved in this phenomena, and found that the planets as they circled the sun were a part of the answer. Within a few years Nelson was able to build a forecasting system for shortwave communications facility throughout the world, based upon a combination of sunspots and planetary interrelationships. This book explains in great detail the methods used. Contents: Introduction to Sunspots, the Ionosphere, and Shortwave Radio; Early Research Period; The Search For Angles; The Search for Harmonic Refinements; Summary.

2006. 340p. The companion book to the DVD The Great Year, developing a new paradigm of astronomical theory, with our Sun being part of a binary Sun system, which accounts for the Precession of the Equinoxes, and correlates the Precession with the theory of the Hindu Yuga Cycles. A fascinating and breakthrough work in astronomical theory, which very well may change the way we see the universe. Includes important information forming the basis of astrological or cosmic causation, and theorizing that humanity rises and falls through consistent cycles of advancement and decline over a grand 24,000 year cycle. A MUST READ!!! “Lost Star of Myth and Time is a wonderful, stimulating, thought-provoking new – or very old – approach to the greatest enigmas of human history. If Walter Cruttenden is right, as I very much suspect he is, then he has found the key to the mystery of the ages.” — Graham Hancock, author, Fingerprints of the Gods. “A compelling explanation for a major, but studiously neglected mystery: Why Ancient Egypt was at its height very near its beginning then slowly degenerated. This quietly incendiary book confronts the Paradigm Police across a spectrum of disciplines: ancient history, modern astronomy and the accepted account of human civilization. Powerful stuff!” — John Anthony West, author, Serpent in the Sky. Contents: A Search For Answers; A Cyclic Theory of History; An Astronomical View. Chapter 1: A Brief History of History: The First Archeologists; The Trouble with Assumptions; History Revised; How Broad Were The Dark Ages?; Pushing Back the Clock; Astronomical Alignments; Alternative Theories; Why The Dark Age?; Chapter 2 The Cycle of the Ages: Precession of the Equinox… Defined; Great Year; The Greeks; The Egyptians; Vedic Indians & the Yuga Cycle; The Length-of-Cycle Debate; Biblical References to the Ages of Man; The Dark Ages; A New Spring; The Cycle of Time In Ancient America; The Age of the Fifth Sun; The Hopis; Ancient Wisdom. Chapter 3: The Ancient Science Behind Precession: Precession; The Zodiac; Vernal & Autumnal Equinoxes; The Standard Explanation: A Little Background; The Ancient Sources of Copernicus; The Perspective of the Ancients; In Search of a Cause; Whispers of Another Star; Mithras; Beyond Mythology; A New Search Begins; Chapter 4: The Case of the Missing Motion: What’s Your Reference Frame?; Problems with Lunisolar Theory; Looking With New Eyes; More on the Binary Hypothesis; Binaries Everywhere; Lunisolar or Binary? A Side by Side Comparison; Missing motion & the Lunar Witness; Celestial Signs; The Test is in the Accuracy of the Model; Solar System Anomalies; Rate of Precession; Angular Momentum: A Case of Hide & Seek; Sheer Edge & Non-Random Comet Paths; Orbital Time Deltas; Slips & Spins Make Time; Earth Orbit Geometry & Reference Frames; The New Model: In Sync With Form & Function; Archeological & Historical Implications. Chapter 5: The Search: Nemesis; IRAS & What It Didn’t Find; So, What is It? Black Holes; Brown Dwarfs; Dead Stars; Virtual Observatories; A Visible Star?; What do the Ancients Say? The Giza Marker; The Binary Exception; Sirius Stories; Nibiru, Indra & Sirius… One and the Same?; Distant Influences. Chapter 6: The Cosmic Influence: An Interactive Universe’ The Mu Room; Cemi Field Theory; Consciousness, Mind & the Cosmic Influence; Vishnunabahi, Magnetars & Beyond. Chapter 7: Wisdom of the Stones: The Round Towers; Lines of Energy; Gaia; Terra Preta. Chapter 8: Reconstructing the Menagerie: A Pagan Dig; A Larger Context; It’s the Real Thing; Obituary for the Descending Cycle. Chapter 9: Higher-Age Reality. Purpose; Older & Wiser; The Promise.

CAT#448 $20.00 Softcover, St. Lynn’s Press. SEE COMPANION VIDEO - THE GREAT YEAR CAT#507

1914. One of the absolutely rarest of rare books from the Gann List! This is the FIRST COPY anyone has ever found!!! “Note To Reader: I beg you to examine these pages carefully, and particularly to study the Sun Spot Chart. In them is revealed one of the greatest and most important of modern discoveries, proving that sun spots are controlled by the planets, and strong evidences tending to prove that our weather changes are caused by electro-magnetism generated by planetary movements. Very Respectfully. W. T. Foster” “The sun spot variations that average about 11.1 years have more than one cause. Regarding the planets as magnets and in accord with well-known laws of electro-magnetism, when the planets are nearest the sun the cloud elements of the Sun expand and cover the sun spots. Rapid motion increases electro-magnetic forces, and when the planets are approaching, or receding from the Sun with greatest velocities the sun spots are increased in size and number. An electro-magnetic force is thrown off from a rotating planet over its equator, disturbing the Sun or another planet that may come into that plane.” Contents: Explanations; Sun Spot Forecasts Demonstrated; Charts – Forecast Line, Sunspot Line; Sun Spots & Weather; Nature of Sun Spots; Causes Of, And How To Forecast, The Time & Heliographic Places Forecasting the Wolfer Sun Spot Numbers; Methods of Forecasting – 8 Rules; Jupiter’s Sun Spot Table; Saturn’s Sun Spot Table; Sun Spot Table of Uranus; Reduced Wolfer Sun Spots 1747-1906; Sun Spot Forecasts 1749-1918.

1940. One of the rarest of rare books on the Gann List, and very important, this is the first copy ever found. “Ultimate destiny discovered by the conjunction of the great stars of the Zodiac with the planets and angles, and the intensities of the personality described by their constellation and house positions. The need of a synthesizing principle in astrology occurred to me several years ago… It was the fixed stars that revealed the intensities of life… Further study yielded two important conclusions: (1) The zodiacal circle or frame of the chart was the moulder of personality, with its intensities revealed by the house positions of the great stars. (2) The planetary pattern within the chart frame was the shaping of force of the conduct of personality, its dominant energies – hence its character. And these were to be identified in the planets having the greatest fixed star amplification. Salvation is in the mastery of the import of equinoctial precession, the power of which will integrate the Western World and synthesize its policies to serve its great destiny.” Contents: Cheops, The Ancient Cornerstone; Precession of the Equinoxes; Terrestrial Longitude of Vernal Equinox; The Properties of Time (Great stuff, check this out: “The first approach to the study of Time is the recognition that every moment of it is a Form-Interval. This hyphenate obviously implies the same coordination of Space (form) with Time (interval). Ho form or space-content exists except for the duration of an interval of time, and every manifest form is nothing but the precipitation or crystallization of the properties of time for the interval of its duration. The properties of time must therefore be the infinitely mutating essences of sidereal vibration composing the sub-atmosphere stuff that we speak of as the ether or ambient. It is the medium that carries the radio wave; it produces the increasingly familiar phenomena of “extra sensory perception”, and is the constituency of that universally misunderstood substance that we call “the breath of life”. It is through the last mentioned function of the ether that the stars influence us according to the tenants of astrology. It follows logically that there are as many aspects of time as there are of space, space-contents, of form.”); Pyramid Time (again…..”The practical import of our doctrine of the properties of time is that no moment ever contains the same properties at any two places on Earth. And Pyramid Time is the coordinate with which may be mapped the pattern according to the foregoing of a given Form-Interval of creation in the place of its precise seasonal (time & place) effects. Therefore its cycle is the 24 hours of the apparent time of the Earth’s orbital circuit.); Functions of the Stars; Magnitude, Longitude & Declination; The Incredible Triple Coincidence; Roosevelt & America; Star Tables. SPACE-TIME COORDINATE CHART, STC-7, Celestial Focus of World Evolution For Epoch Dated, by Paul Councel ( an amazing chart of Earth’s orbit going 2 Lambda just as a harmonic chart with dates for the entire current 25,000 years of precession.) Table B – CONSTELLATIONS ON THE MERIDIAN, Civil Time, (C.T.) Epoch 1930. Table C – Displacement of Celestial Equator. Table D – Simple Conversion of Signs Into Constellations. Supplement.

2003 Walter is an old customer of the Sacred Science Institute, who actually used material from our books in this documentary. It is one of the most fascinating documentaries we have ever seen, with some new breakthrough science of interest to all cycle and astronomical researchers. The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient civilizations around the globe, and the rise of modern civilization, might be related to our Sun’s motion around a companion star. The film examines evidence that ancient civilizations may have known of this celestial cycle and that our Sun may indeed display the characteristics of binary motion. Just as the Earth’s spin on its axis causes day and night and our planet’s annual orbit around the Sun is responsible for the ongoing cycle of the seasons, what if there is some greater celestial cycle, lasting thousands of years, slowly influencing the rise and fall of civilization across the globe? Where is the evidence? What could be the cause? To many ancient cultures, the answers lie in the stars. In their view, time and civilization did not progress ever forward in a strict linear path, but moved in a cyclical pattern, with human civilization and consciousness rising and falling as great ages came and went. To the ancient Mayans, we are entering the time of the Fifth Sun; Hindu and Vedic scholars spoke of the Yuga Cycle a great circular progression of ages; and in ancient Greece, Plato taught of a large cycle of time which would slowly return us to a “Golden Age”. He called this cycle: The Great Year. The Great Year investigates the common thread in these beliefs and looks back into time seeking answers to the questions that still loom over science today. How far back into history do humankind’s roots really go? What did the ancients know about the stars and their movements and what can we learn from them? Why was the “Precession of the Equinox” universally revered? Many of these cultures spoke of an unseen sun that drives this movement of the stars across the sky over thousands of years and causes great ages to rise and fall. Could there be an unseen binary partner to our Sun? The Great Year examines this theory and finds growing scientific evidence to support it. What makes The Great Year so compelling is that it reveals a startling truth embodied in the number one ancient mystery: the Precession of the Equinox. By showing the cutting edge scientific evidence that challenges the current theory, this film is sure to set off debates in the scientific, archaeological, and astronomical communities. This provocative film, narrated by James Earl Jones, is accompanied by 18 minutes of animation and a moving original musical score. The message behind the film may be the beginning of a whole new way to look at time and history, and just might set off a new scientific movement to find our Sun’s binary companion. The Great Year DVD is formatted with Region 1 encoding (North America). For International Orders, please make sure that your DVD player can read this format.

CAT#507 $20.00 DVD Documentary. SEE THE COMPANION BOOK - THE LOST STAR - CAT#448

1998. 423p. The Maya Long Count calendar, a complex system for measuring time, was developed around 2000 years ago, possibly at the pre-Maya site of Izapa in southern Mexico. Jenkins, an independent researcher, presents a wealth of information about Maya astronomy, mythology, and calendrics in support of his analysis of the Long Count calendar end-date, scheduled to occur on December 21, 2012. Providing evidence that the end-date corresponds with a rare alignment of our solar system, Jenkins contends that the Maya were aware of this celestial event and believed that it portended a dramatic rebirth for humanity. Jenkins explains how the Maya mapped the movements of the Earth, including precession, and incorporated their measurements into their calendars. Good illustrations, maps, and an extensive bibliography complement this detailed work.

Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian, and Vedic Traditions.John Major Jenkins.

2002.300p. This book is a fascinating and scholarly exploration of ancient cosmologies, which focuses on the relationships between the spiritual destiny of mankind and the solstitial position of the sun and the centre of our galaxy. Basing himself on a number of eminent authorities, John Major Jenkins describes a cosmic clock which provides critical end-points in the process of world-cycles. Jenkins makes us aware of the huge scale of the esoteric knowledge of antiquity, and he sets out to restore what has been lost, which is a form of cosmological knowledge embracing all the levels of our complex being at once. The great changes we are witnessing today are shown to be mysteriously coordinated with cosmic movements which we wrongly thought the ancients knew little or nothing about.

Pyramid of Fire: The Lost Aztec Codex: Spiritual Ascent at the End of Time.John Major Jenkins.

2004. 192p. The first translation of a previously unknown Aztec codex and its initiatory teachings for 2012. Discloses the potential for great spiritual awakening offered at the end of the Aztec calendar cycle. Presents the only existing English-language transcription of the Aztec codex, with line-by-line commentary. Contains the epic poetry and metaphysical insights of Beat poet Marty Matz (1934–2001). In 1961 an unknown Aztec codex was revealed to Beat poet and explorer Marty Matz by a Mazatec shaman in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Originally intended for dramatic performance, this codex presents a profound metaphysical teaching describing how the end of time will bring about a visionary ascent. At the behest of his Mazatec teacher, Matz transcribed this pictorial codex into a literary form that would preserve its initiatory teachings and reveal its secret meanings to a wider audience. Pyramid of Fire is an epic poem that provides a vehicle to transport the initiate into the higher realms of consciousness. It represents a barely surviving thread of teachings that have been passed down in secret since the time of the Spanish Conquest. Revealed are the techniques by which man is transported to the stellar realm after death via the solar energy within what the ancients called the “serpent of consciousness.” Line-by-line commentary by Matz and John Major Jenkins provides insights into the perennial philosophy contained in the codex and its relevance to our times.

The Science of the Dogon: Decoding the African Mystery Tradition.Laird Scranton. Foreword by John Anthony West.

2006. 224p.A look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science. Reveals striking similarities between Dogon symbols and those used in both the Egyptian and Hebrew religions. Demonstrates the parallels between Dogon mythical narratives and scientific concepts from atomic theory to quantum theory and string theory. The Dogon people of Mali, West Africa, are famous for their unique art and advanced cosmology. The Dogon’s creation story describes how the one true god, Amma, created all the matter of the universe. Interestingly, the myths that depict his creative efforts bear a striking resemblance to the modern scientific definitions of matter, beginning with the atom and continuing all the way to the vibrating threads of string theory. Furthermore, many of the Dogon words, symbols, and rituals used to describe the structure of matter are quite similar to those found in the myths of ancient Egypt and in the daily rituals of Judaism. For example, the modern scientific depiction of the informed universe as a black hole is identical to Amma’s Egg of the Dogon and the Egyptian Benben Stone. The Science of the Dogon offers a case-by-case comparison of Dogon descriptions and drawings to corresponding scientific definitions and diagrams from authors like Stephen Hawking and Brian Greene, then extends this analysis to the counterparts of these symbols in both the ancient Egyptian and Hebrew religions. What is ultimately revealed is the scientific basis for the language of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, which was deliberately encoded to prevent the knowledge of these concepts from falling into the hands of all but the highest members of the Egyptian priesthood. The Science of the Dogon also offers compelling new interpretations for many of the most familiar Egyptian symbols, such as the pyramid and the scarab, and presents new explanations for the origins of religiously charged words such as Jehovah and Satan.

The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest For The Hidden Legacy of Mankind.Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval.

1997. 384p. Is the Sphinx of prehistoric origin? Why was it built? In this provocative, rigorously argued report, revisionist Egyptologists Hancock (The Fingerprints of the Gods) and Bauval (The Orion Mystery) join forces to answer these questions and more as they examine the Sphinx and its relation to the other monuments of the Giza plateau. Working from the premise that the Giza complex encodes a message, they begin with recently discovered geological evidence indicating that the deep erosion patterns on the flanks of the Sphinx were caused by 1000 years of heavy rain. Such conditions last existed in Egypt at the end of the last ice age, about 10,000-9,000 B.C., meaning that the Sphinx may be more than 12,000 years old (not the generally accepted 4500 years). The authors go on to suggest, using computer simulations of the sky, that the pyramids, representing the three stars of Orion's Belt, along with associated causeways and alignments, constitute a record in stone of the celestial array at the vernal equinox in 10,500 B.C. This moment, they contend, represents Zep Tepi, the "First Time," often referred to in the hieroglyphic record. They show how the initiation rituals of the Egyptian pharaohs replicate on Earth the sun's journey through the stars in this remote era, and they suggest that the "Hall of Records" of a lost civilization may be located by treating the Giza Plateau as a template of these same ancient skies. These daring, well-argued theories will raise the hackles of orthodox Egyptologists, but that doesn't mean they're wrong.

The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth & the Red Planet.Graham Hancock.

1999. 368p. As we continue to explore the red planet, geological evidence mounts that long ago water flowed freely across its surface, begging the question: If there was water, was there life? Graham Hancock thinks so. In fact, Hancock believes that certain formations on the Martian surface are the remnants of an ancient civilization--one strikingly similar to ancient Egypt--that was destroyed by a cataclysmic deep impact. Further, Hancock claims that NASA's reluctance to give credence to "The Face," "The Pyramids," and other things people see in images of the Martian surface is evidence that the U.S. space agency is motivated by cold war paranoia and mistrust. Hancock seems to be more fair-minded than many NASA critics, stating that, "what we see is a mindset, here, not a conspiracy." And indeed, one is hard-pressed to imagine why NASA isn't agreeing wholeheartedly with Hancock, since his ultimate point is that we should be paying more attention to our planetary neighbors and the skies above, lest we suffer the same fate as the Martians. Hancock raises many intriguing questions in this synthesis of unorthodox Mars theory.

1999. 352p. In this International Bestseller, Hancock lays down his theories of an ancient (Atlantean, perhaps?) civilization that disseminated a sophisticated religion of ground-sky dualism and a "science" of immortality. His chief thesis is that numerous ancient sites and monuments--the pyramids of Mexico and Egypt, the ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the monuments of Yonaguni in the Pacific, and the megaliths of Peru and Bolivia--are situated in such a way, geodetically, that they point towards some separate and uniform influence, some lost civilization or "invisible college" of astronomer-priests. And that civilization, as evidenced in the mathematics and architecture of the sites, points towards some gnosis, or body of knowledge, that would allow humanity to transcend the trap of mortality, a worldview in which the knowledge-giving serpent of Eden is not a villain but a hero. It rolls back the horizon of human knowledge to unknown epochs, to a prior high-civilization with technological skills we may not even possess today. Hancock's claim is no less than that. He proves that the monumental layouts of ancient Tiwanaku, Gizeh and Ankor are actually based on star-patterns from 10,500 B.C. and that they contain the coded numbers of the earth's 26,000 year precessional zodiac cycle. Heaven's Mirror is a gorgeous book, thanks to the photography of Santha Faiia. Lush, evocative full-color photos of the monoliths on Easter Island and temples deep in the Cambodian jungle are enough to set the mind to introspective wandering.